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Member 266017 · 04-10-2012, 10:01 PM

Guess I'll kick off things for the class of 2012.

Step 1: >250, Step 2: >260
AOA: yes
Grades: All preclinical honors, one clinical honors (Psych) and the rest A's
Med school: mid tier state school
Research: 1 non-derm pub, 2 derm case reports
Aways: 2
Letters: 2 derm letters, 1 medicine letter, 1 research letter (from nonderm field)
Applied: ~100
Interviews offered: 17
Interviews attended: 16
Where matched: #1 (where I did one of my aways)

I definitely think the combination of my good grades during M1/M2 and Step I/II scores helped (my third year grades were good but not great). Research wasn't a very strong point for me and I was worried that would hold me back. I also think that my LORs were probably pretty good, if for no other reason than I tend to come off as very personable in person. I was nervous as hell during the whole application and interview process, right down until match day. So glad to only have to do this once, and looking forward to having lots of you guys as my future colleagues!

04-10-2012, 10:01 PM	#137
Member 266017 1K Member Status: Resident Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,965	Guess I'll kick off things for the class of 2012. Step 1: >250, Step 2: >260 AOA: yes Grades: All preclinical honors, one clinical honors (Psych) and the rest A's Med school: mid tier state school Research: 1 non-derm pub, 2 derm case reports Aways: 2 Letters: 2 derm letters, 1 medicine letter, 1 research letter (from nonderm field) Applied: ~100 Interviews offered: 17 Interviews attended: 16 Where matched: #1 (where I did one of my aways) I definitely think the combination of my good grades during M1/M2 and Step I/II scores helped (my third year grades were good but not great). Research wasn't a very strong point for me and I was worried that would hold me back. I also think that my LORs were probably pretty good, if for no other reason than I tend to come off as very personable in person. I was nervous as hell during the whole application and interview process, right down until match day. So glad to only have to do this once, and looking forward to having lots of you guys as my future colleagues!